Well, the MTA in New York is certainly stupid and wasteful. But they have slowly started building new lines again (the 7 expansion, the Second Ave subway), so t

Well, the MTA in New York is certainly stupid and wasteful. But they have slowly started building new lines again (the 7 expansion, the Second Ave subway), so they're not totally short-sighted. And as much I grumble, NYC is one of the few places in America I feel ok about going all around the city without a car. I think it's only a hard political problem, but not a hard technical problem at this point.